Fly swatter



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` H. K'OONTZ FLY swATTERv Filed Jan. 25. 1922 INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. l, i924.

UT ST HERBERT KOONTZ, 0F SOUTH BEND, N'DIANA.

FLY SWATTER.

Application led January 23, 1922. Serial No. 531,173.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT KooN'rZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly Swatters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to fly swatters, and has for its object to provide a iy swatter wherein a coiled spring connection is provided between the handle of the swatter and the frame of the body of the swatter, thereby providing sufficient fiexibility at the bending point of the swatter to prevent bending of the wire at any point and consequentlyprevent crystallization and breaking of the wire forming the frame after a short period of incident to constant use of the swatter.

A further object is to provide a swatter frame comprising a handle member formed from a single piece of wire bent upon itself and terminating in axially aligned outwardly extending arms, which arms extend through convolutions of the frame of the main body of the swatter and form a spring flexing point for the swatter body. Also to anchor the inner ends of the spring convolutions against movement.

With the above and other objects in 'View the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view of the swatter.

Figure 2 is a plan View of the swatter frame, part of the handle holding sleeve be-. ing broken away.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a portion of the swatter handle and the swatter body frame, showing the sleeve in section and the range of flexing of theV body of the frame when in use.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of the swatter and 2 the handle thereof. It has been found that where a spring action is not provided adj acent the junction of the handle 2 to the body 1 that the frame of the swatter, incident to flexing, bends suiiiciently to fracture the frame or cause crystallization and breakig overcome this difficulty the swatter handle 2 is formed from a single piece of wire bent upon itself as at 3, thereby forming spaced arms 4, which arms terminate in outwardly extending axially aligned arms 5. Disposed on the handle 2 and extending around the spaced arms 4 is a sleeve 6, which sleeve receives the arms 7 which extend downwardly from the end convolutions 8 of the coiled springs 9, through which springs the arms 5 extend and on which arms the springs have a bearing during the fiexing action. The frame 10 of the body 1 is substantially rectangular shaped and formed from a single piece of material and has formed therewith the springs 9.

The arms 7 of the springs 9 are soldered or otherwise secured at 11 in the sleeve 6, therefore it will be seen that during a swatting operation that the body 1 upon an initial movement of the swatter will assume one of the dotted line positions shown in Figure 3 and that when the body 1 comes into engagement with an object, sufficient spring action will be provided by the coiled springs 9 to prevent bending adjacent the point where the handle 2 and the body are joined together. rlhe body 1 is provided with the usual mesh material 12, which is secured in the frame 10 by means of -a cloth binding 18 to which the mesh material is stitched as at 14.

From the above it will be seen that a fly swatter frame is provided which is durable, simple in construction and formed substantially from two pieces of wire. Also that one of said pieces of wire is provided with integral coiled springs forming means for allowig a maximum flexing action between the main body of the swatter and the handle, thereby preventing bending and fracturing of the frame at this point.

rlhe invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A swatting device comprising a rec tangular shaped frame formed from a single piece of wire and having its ends terminating in inwardly extending coiled springs, the inner convolutions of the springs terminating in outwardly extending arms, a handle member formed from a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form spaced arms, the outer ends 0f said arms terminating in axially aligned outwardly extending arms disposed in the convolutions of the coiled springs, and means for anchoring the outwardly extending arms lcarried by the end convolutions of the springs to the handle member.

2. A svvatting device comprising a frame having inwardly extending axially aligned coiled springs7 a handle member, said handle member being provided With outwardly extending axially aligned arms disposed within the springs, and means for anchoring the inner ends of the springs against movement.

A lswatting device comprising a frame having inwardly extending axially aligned coiled springs, a handle of a strand oi lwire bent upon itself and provided with out- Aivardly and oppositely extending arms disposed Within the coiled springs, and means l'or anchoring the inner ends of said coiled springs to the handle intermediate the Out- Wardly extending' arms thereof.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

HERBERT KOONTZ. 

